Wedding Day - Morning Ceremony

Our wedding day is broken up into three parts. The first is the traditional Vietnamese wedding ceremony. This will be held at Quyen's house, in Fairy Meadow, Wollongong. As part of the ceremony Quyen and I will each be wearing the traditional outfit called an 'Ao Dai'.

The photos on the next few blog entries are photos of Quyen and I in these traditional outfits.
Wandering through Cabramatta (known as 'Little Vietnam' in Sydney!) for the outfits was plenty of fun last Sunday. Quyen's cousin, Phuong, and Phuong's daughter, Nhi joined us. Phuoung often shops in Cabramatta and was a great help in showing us the secret haunts of the locals when they require such attire!

The second shop we went into was about the size of the back of a mini-van - not that i know the size of the back of a mini-van from experience.

It was decked out in all sorts of weird and wonderful patterns and colours (more weird than wonderful). However, Quyen and I managed to find the most awesome outfits. Well under budget, the lady that served us altered the outfits while we went and had lunch. We came back and all was ironed and altered.

The only dissapointing part of the day was that when Quyen came home it turns out the lady had either gotten mixed up or done the Maxwell Smart switcharoo on the satin pants that go under the outfit - they had a big stain on them when we got them home. I will drop them in for dry cleaning in Newtown this week and hopefuly all will be good.

Enjoy the photos of me in a dress!